U+2B9C "⮜" Black Leftwards Equilateral Arrowhead Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⮜
U+2B9C "⮜" Black Leftwards Equilateral Arrowhead is a typographic symbol that depicts a solid, equilateral triangle pointing to the left, often used in visual interfaces, diagrams, or text layouts to indicate a reverse direction, move backwards, or return to a previous state or location. Its bold black fill and simple geometric shape make it a recognizable part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block in Unicode.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B9C |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Black Leftwards Equilateral Arrowhead |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⮜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⮜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xAE 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B9C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B9C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b9c |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |